Last weekend, artist, activist and Satanic firebrand Jex Blackmore led a ritual of resistance that drew hundreds to a neon-lit warehouse in Detroit. Inspired by the recent implementation of a biblical “sexual identity” workshop by a metro-Detroit church and the hiring of religious activists in key positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, Blackmore’s […]
It was Christmas morning 1998 and I’d been up for hours, shredding the paper from too many gifts and waiting patiently for my mom to finish her stuffing so we could head to my grandmother’s house for extended festivities. To fill the spare moments, I flipped on VH1′s “Pop Up Video” for the thousandth time but […]
knifesex‘s Babalon begins with hypnotic intensity, building in a brooding crescendo as creatrix Vanessa Irena whispers: “Holy is the whore.” She repeats this phrase, mantra-like: a fitting beginning to a sonic offering to Babalon. Alternately sinister and celestial, fusing noise, trip hop, and synthwave, knifesex’s first full-length release is a soundtrack for destroying the divide between sacred […]
I. “Mostly I remember standing at front drooling at Stacia, the girl with her breasts out. It was like our education.” Mick Jones in Lemmy: The Movie Look Stacia Blake up on the internet and the first thing you’re likely to find is a cornucopia of tributes from grown men to her “busty,” “buxom,” “Amazonian” […]
We’re pleased as spiked punch to showcase drum slut, writer babe, and heavy metal hellion Kelsey Chapstick as our August Slut of the Month. Read on to delve into her black leather lust, her post-30 celebration of ride or die friendship, and that time she did mushrooms and felt like a physical extension of the devil… By […]
Whether you’re in need of aural magic for your daily yoga practice or are looking for motivation on a lazy spell casting day, I created this playlist to deliver the necessary vibes to get your shit done. These most hexellent songs in all genres by a few powerful witchy women will stimulate your senses and maybe even add to your […]
The first single from A Place Both Wonderful and Strange‘s What I Speak I Create is a crescendo of melancholic joy. Punctuated with hypnotic vocals that speak to overcoming trauma through ritualtrack, “W*tch” meditates on reclaiming witchcraft from social and political stigma. In anticipation of the occult electronic trio’s full-length release this August, Slutist is pleased to debut the track […]
The third Legacy of the Witch festival at Saint Vitus was an affirming reminder of how vital the witchy, feminist, sex positive community can be. We not only raised $1000 for RAINN, but had a damn good time while doing it! Our favorite photographer Justina Villanueva captured a few moments of the fest in action:
Conjuring evocative post-industrial noisescapes for ritual and ecstatic dance, Knifesex‘s Deipna is a feast for the senses. Named after Hekate’s dark moon ritual supper, Vanessa Irena’s new 3-song-EP is both an offering to the goddess, and a hypnotic, pulsating paean for us. We asked Irena—who is also the producer/vocalist of The Harrow, founder of female solo […]
The darling buds of May are cautiously making their grand debut. As the sun brightens up my living room this morning, I feel a sense of restoration. Despite my gothic pallor, I’m an eternal girl of summer armed with SPF 50 and jet-black shades. As New Yorkers shed their clothes in an act of liberation, […]
